Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros
This archival document is an official Qing dynasty administrative warrant (*pai*) issued in September 1745 (eighth month of the tenth year of the Qianlong reign) by Gu, Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, operating from the Left Hall. It concerns the recovery and remittance of 974.063 liang of si...
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| description | This archival document is an official Qing dynasty administrative warrant (*pai*) issued in September 1745 (eighth month of the tenth year of the Qianlong reign) by Gu, Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, operating from the Left Hall. It concerns the recovery and remittance of 974.063 liang of silver—comprising eighteen sealed packets—embezzled or fraudulently withheld from funds designated for sugar procurement by seven Chinese merchants: Zheng Bida, Zhao Xinyi, Cai Peizi, Deng Fanjiu, Xue Qianzheng, Liao Lanfang, and Guo Songgong. The warrant directs the foreign headman (*Yi Mu*) to instruct the foreign merchant *Rixin* (*Jih-shin*) to prepare two original formal receipts (*lingzhuang*) acknowledging receipt of the sum, to be submitted to the magistrate’s office for audit and verification prior to disbursement. The directive originates from an official dispatch (*xin pai*) issued by the Maritime Defence Prefectural Administration for Military and Civil Affairs (*Haifang Junmin Fu*), underscoring inter-jurisdictional administrative coordination in commercial oversight. The document bears multiple Qing-era red seals—including a circular seal identifying Gu as Acting Magistrate and a rectangular seal dating the issuance—and marginalia indicating registration and an unspecified compliance deadline. As a primary source, it provides direct evidence of fiscal accountability mechanisms, cross-cultural commercial regulation, and bureaucratic procedure in mid-eighteenth-century Guangdong coastal administration. |
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{{PAGE:1}}
[Page]
T 7
1745
[Marginalia — top left]
1745
T 7
[Marginalia — top right]
T 7
1745
393
447
[Stamp — top center]
[Circular red stamp: 署香山縣左堂紀錄二次顧]
[Stamp — left margin, vertical]
[Red rectangular stamp with characters: 乾隆十年八月]
[Main text]
署香山縣左堂紀錄二次顧 爲奸匿吞騙等事現奉
海防軍民府信牌仰廳照依事理即將發來追出鄭必達趙心一蔡沛滋
鄧藩九薛乾政廖蘭芳郭松公等糖銀共九百七十四兩零六分三釐轉
給夷商日新的收領取具收領繳查毋違等因計發銀九百七十四兩零六分
三釐共十八封到廳奉此合行給領爲此牌行該夷目照依事理即便飭
令夷商日新的刻日備具領狀二本賫繳
本署廳以憑查核按照奉發銀數給發收領毋違速之須牌
[Signature]
右牌行夷目准此
[Marginalia — bottom left]
限
日
繳
[Stamp — top right corner]
[Red square stamp: 登記號訖]
[translation]
{{PAGE:1}}
[Page]
T 7
1745
[Marginalia — top left]
1745
T 7
[Marginalia — top right]
T 7
1745
393
447
[Stamp — top centre]
Circular red seal: *Shu Xiangshan Xian Zuotang Jilu Er Ci Gu*
(*Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Second Record of the Left Hall, Gu*)
[Stamp — left margin, vertical]
Rectangular red seal (Qing dynasty): *Qianlong shi nian ba yue*
(*Eighth month of the tenth year of the Qianlong reign*, i.e., September 1745)
[Main text]
*Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Second Record of the Left Hall, Gu*:
Regarding the matter of fraud, concealment, and embezzlement of sugar silver—currently pursuant to an official dispatch (*xin pai*) issued by the Maritime Defence Prefectural Administration for Military and Civil Affairs (*Haifang Junmin Fu*), the present office is instructed to act in accordance with due administrative procedure. You are hereby directed immediately to recover and remit the sum of silver taels amounting to **974.063 liang** (nine hundred and seventy-four taels, six fen, three li), belonging to the following Chinese merchants: Zheng Bida, Zhao Xinyi, Cai Peizi, Deng Fanjiu, Xue Qianzheng, Liao Lanfang, Guo Songgong—funds designated for the purchase of sugar—and to transfer this sum in full to the foreign merchant *Rixin* (*Jih-shin*), who shall formally acknowledge receipt. A certified receipt (*shouling ju*) must be submitted to this office for verification. Failure to comply will incur disciplinary sanction.
Accordingly, the aforementioned sum of **974.063 liang**, subdivided into **eighteen sealed packets**, has been delivered to this yamen. In compliance with the above directive, this warrant (*pai*) is hereby issued to the designated foreign headman (*Yi Mu*), instructing him forthwith to direct the foreign merchant *Rixin* to prepare, without delay, **two original copies** of a formal receipt (*lingzhuang*), which shall be submitted to this office for audit and verification. Only upon submission and confirmation of these receipts will the silver be disbursed in accordance with the amount stipulated in the original mandate. Non-compliance or delay is strictly prohibited. This warrant is issued with urgency.
[Signature]
This warrant is issued to the foreign headman (*Yi Mu*); compliance is required.
[Marginalia — bottom left]
Deadline for submission:
□ days
(to be completed)
[Stamp — top right corner]
Square red seal: *Dengji hao qi*
(*Registration number recorded*) |
| fulltext_transcription | {{PAGE:1}}
[Page]
T 7
1745
[Marginalia — top left]
1745
T 7
[Marginalia — top right]
T 7
1745
393
447
[Stamp — top center]
[Circular red stamp: 署香山縣左堂紀錄二次顧]
[Stamp — left margin, vertical]
[Red rectangular stamp with characters: 乾隆十年八月]
[Main text]
署香山縣左堂紀錄二次顧 爲奸匿吞騙等事現奉
海防軍民府信牌仰廳照依事理即將發來追出鄭必達趙心一蔡沛滋
鄧藩九薛乾政廖蘭芳郭松公等糖銀共九百七十四兩零六分三釐轉
給夷商日新的收領取具收領繳查毋違等因計發銀九百七十四兩零六分
三釐共十八封到廳奉此合行給領爲此牌行該夷目照依事理即便飭
令夷商日新的刻日備具領狀二本賫繳
本署廳以憑查核按照奉發銀數給發收領毋違速之須牌
[Signature]
右牌行夷目准此
[Marginalia — bottom left]
限
日
繳
[Stamp — top right corner]
[Red square stamp: 登記號訖] |
| fulltext_translation | {{PAGE:1}}
[Page]
T 7
1745
[Marginalia — top left]
1745
T 7
[Marginalia — top right]
T 7
1745
393
447
[Stamp — top centre]
Circular red seal: *Shu Xiangshan Xian Zuotang Jilu Er Ci Gu*
(*Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Second Record of the Left Hall, Gu*)
[Stamp — left margin, vertical]
Rectangular red seal (Qing dynasty): *Qianlong shi nian ba yue*
(*Eighth month of the tenth year of the Qianlong reign*, i.e., September 1745)
[Main text]
*Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Second Record of the Left Hall, Gu*:
Regarding the matter of fraud, concealment, and embezzlement of sugar silver—currently pursuant to an official dispatch (*xin pai*) issued by the Maritime Defence Prefectural Administration for Military and Civil Affairs (*Haifang Junmin Fu*), the present office is instructed to act in accordance with due administrative procedure. You are hereby directed immediately to recover and remit the sum of silver taels amounting to **974.063 liang** (nine hundred and seventy-four taels, six fen, three li), belonging to the following Chinese merchants: Zheng Bida, Zhao Xinyi, Cai Peizi, Deng Fanjiu, Xue Qianzheng, Liao Lanfang, Guo Songgong—funds designated for the purchase of sugar—and to transfer this sum in full to the foreign merchant *Rixin* (*Jih-shin*), who shall formally acknowledge receipt. A certified receipt (*shouling ju*) must be submitted to this office for verification. Failure to comply will incur disciplinary sanction.
Accordingly, the aforementioned sum of **974.063 liang**, subdivided into **eighteen sealed packets**, has been delivered to this yamen. In compliance with the above directive, this warrant (*pai*) is hereby issued to the designated foreign headman (*Yi Mu*), instructing him forthwith to direct the foreign merchant *Rixin* to prepare, without delay, **two original copies** of a formal receipt (*lingzhuang*), which shall be submitted to this office for audit and verification. Only upon submission and confirmation of these receipts will the silver be disbursed in accordance with the amount stipulated in the original mandate. Non-compliance or delay is strictly prohibited. This warrant is issued with urgency.
[Signature]
This warrant is issued to the foreign headman (*Yi Mu*); compliance is required.
[Marginalia — bottom left]
Deadline for submission:
□ days
(to be completed)
[Stamp — top right corner]
Square red seal: *Dengji hao qi*
(*Registration number recorded*) |
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| spelling | Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros This archival document is an official Qing dynasty administrative warrant (*pai*) issued in September 1745 (eighth month of the tenth year of the Qianlong reign) by Gu, Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, operating from the Left Hall. It concerns the recovery and remittance of 974.063 liang of silver—comprising eighteen sealed packets—embezzled or fraudulently withheld from funds designated for sugar procurement by seven Chinese merchants: Zheng Bida, Zhao Xinyi, Cai Peizi, Deng Fanjiu, Xue Qianzheng, Liao Lanfang, and Guo Songgong. The warrant directs the foreign headman (*Yi Mu*) to instruct the foreign merchant *Rixin* (*Jih-shin*) to prepare two original formal receipts (*lingzhuang*) acknowledging receipt of the sum, to be submitted to the magistrate’s office for audit and verification prior to disbursement. The directive originates from an official dispatch (*xin pai*) issued by the Maritime Defence Prefectural Administration for Military and Civil Affairs (*Haifang Junmin Fu*), underscoring inter-jurisdictional administrative coordination in commercial oversight. The document bears multiple Qing-era red seals—including a circular seal identifying Gu as Acting Magistrate and a rectangular seal dating the issuance—and marginalia indicating registration and an unspecified compliance deadline. As a primary source, it provides direct evidence of fiscal accountability mechanisms, cross-cultural commercial regulation, and bureaucratic procedure in mid-eighteenth-century Guangdong coastal administration. Manuscripts Portugal. Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo PT/TT/DCHN/1/1/000007 1745-09-04 Cai Peizi Deng Fanjiu Merchant Embezzlement Case Qing Dynasty Administrative Warrant Sealed Silver Remittance Sugar Procurement Funds Xiangshan County Magistracy Zhao Xinyi Zheng Bida {{PAGE:1}} [Page] T 7 1745 [Marginalia — top left] 1745 T 7 [Marginalia — top right] T 7 1745 393 447 [Stamp — top center] [Circular red stamp: 署香山縣左堂紀錄二次顧] [Stamp — left margin, vertical] [Red rectangular stamp with characters: 乾隆十年八月] [Main text] 署香山縣左堂紀錄二次顧 爲奸匿吞騙等事現奉 海防軍民府信牌仰廳照依事理即將發來追出鄭必達趙心一蔡沛滋 鄧藩九薛乾政廖蘭芳郭松公等糖銀共九百七十四兩零六分三釐轉 給夷商日新的收領取具收領繳查毋違等因計發銀九百七十四兩零六分 三釐共十八封到廳奉此合行給領爲此牌行該夷目照依事理即便飭 令夷商日新的刻日備具領狀二本賫繳 本署廳以憑查核按照奉發銀數給發收領毋違速之須牌 [Signature] 右牌行夷目准此 [Marginalia — bottom left] 限 日 繳 [Stamp — top right corner] [Red square stamp: 登記號訖] {{PAGE:1}} [Page] T 7 1745 [Marginalia — top left] 1745 T 7 [Marginalia — top right] T 7 1745 393 447 [Stamp — top centre] Circular red seal: *Shu Xiangshan Xian Zuotang Jilu Er Ci Gu* (*Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Second Record of the Left Hall, Gu*) [Stamp — left margin, vertical] Rectangular red seal (Qing dynasty): *Qianlong shi nian ba yue* (*Eighth month of the tenth year of the Qianlong reign*, i.e., September 1745) [Main text] *Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Second Record of the Left Hall, Gu*: Regarding the matter of fraud, concealment, and embezzlement of sugar silver—currently pursuant to an official dispatch (*xin pai*) issued by the Maritime Defence Prefectural Administration for Military and Civil Affairs (*Haifang Junmin Fu*), the present office is instructed to act in accordance with due administrative procedure. You are hereby directed immediately to recover and remit the sum of silver taels amounting to **974.063 liang** (nine hundred and seventy-four taels, six fen, three li), belonging to the following Chinese merchants: Zheng Bida, Zhao Xinyi, Cai Peizi, Deng Fanjiu, Xue Qianzheng, Liao Lanfang, Guo Songgong—funds designated for the purchase of sugar—and to transfer this sum in full to the foreign merchant *Rixin* (*Jih-shin*), who shall formally acknowledge receipt. A certified receipt (*shouling ju*) must be submitted to this office for verification. Failure to comply will incur disciplinary sanction. Accordingly, the aforementioned sum of **974.063 liang**, subdivided into **eighteen sealed packets**, has been delivered to this yamen. In compliance with the above directive, this warrant (*pai*) is hereby issued to the designated foreign headman (*Yi Mu*), instructing him forthwith to direct the foreign merchant *Rixin* to prepare, without delay, **two original copies** of a formal receipt (*lingzhuang*), which shall be submitted to this office for audit and verification. Only upon submission and confirmation of these receipts will the silver be disbursed in accordance with the amount stipulated in the original mandate. Non-compliance or delay is strictly prohibited. This warrant is issued with urgency. [Signature] This warrant is issued to the foreign headman (*Yi Mu*); compliance is required. [Marginalia — bottom left] Deadline for submission: □ days (to be completed) [Stamp — top right corner] Square red seal: *Dengji hao qi* (*Registration number recorded*) |
| spellingShingle | Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros Cai Peizi Deng Fanjiu Merchant Embezzlement Case Qing Dynasty Administrative Warrant Sealed Silver Remittance Sugar Procurement Funds Xiangshan County Magistracy Zhao Xinyi Zheng Bida |
| title | Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros |
| title_autocomplete | Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros |
| title_full | Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros |
| title_fullStr | Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros |
| title_short | Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Gu, ao procurador de Macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por Zheng Bi-Da e outros |
| title_sort | ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de xiangshan, gu, ao procurador de macau, remetendo o dinheiro ligado ao comércio de açúcar e estanho a um comerciante estrangeiro que foi burlado por zheng bi-da e outros |
| topic | Cai Peizi Deng Fanjiu Merchant Embezzlement Case Qing Dynasty Administrative Warrant Sealed Silver Remittance Sugar Procurement Funds Xiangshan County Magistracy Zhao Xinyi Zheng Bida |
| topic_autocomplete | Cai Peizi Deng Fanjiu Merchant Embezzlement Case Qing Dynasty Administrative Warrant Sealed Silver Remittance Sugar Procurement Funds Xiangshan County Magistracy Zhao Xinyi Zheng Bida |
| topic_facet | Cai Peizi Deng Fanjiu Merchant Embezzlement Case Qing Dynasty Administrative Warrant Sealed Silver Remittance Sugar Procurement Funds Xiangshan County Magistracy Zhao Xinyi Zheng Bida |
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